Where does “maksyma” come from?

maksyma (Polish) comes from French maxime, from Latin maxime, from Latin Maximus, from Proto-Italic *magisVmos.

maksyma (Polish): maxim

Definitions

  1. maxim

Ancestry of “maksyma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmaximemaxim
2Latinmaximechiefly, especially, mainly, particularly; most,...
3LatinMaximusthe greatest
4Proto-Italic*magisVmos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *magisVmos →Every word from Latin Maximus →Every word from Latin maxime →